Friendly reminder
It's pronounced "Jiraffics Interchange Format" not "Graphics Interchange Format"
ftfy
>>53651185
JET THE FUCK OUT
No its 'gyfe'.
>>53651185
friendly reminder that it doesn't matter what the creator thinks, it matters what people say and understand.
I live in Chicago, and a while back they installed a big sculpture that the artist called "Cloudgate". To a first approximation, nobody has ever called it this. They call it the Bean, because it looks like a giant, shiny bean. The artist was really butthurt over this, but nobody cares what he thinks and he can't do anything about it.
so hard-G it is, then.
>>53651248
What about gentleman and giraffe you fuck?
>>53651375
Those are soft g`s you fuck
>>53651375
What about them?
>yfw I pronounce gentoo as jentoo
>yfw I pronounce GNU as new
fun fact: .jif is a filetype for JPEG interchange file. Just another reason you should use a hard G for .gif.
>>53651429
that's a jreat jif, m8
>>53651410
You mean like, gif?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF#Pronunciation
>The creators of the format pronounced GIF as "jif" with a soft "G" /ˈdʒJf/ as in "gin". Steve Wilhite says that the intended pronunciation deliberately echoes the American peanut butter brand, Jif, and CompuServe employees would often say "Choosy developers choose GIF", spoofing this brand's television commercials.
>>53651456
.jif = jay eye eff
.gif = jif
>jee eye eff.
Suck it nerds.
>>53651514
fuck that shit
Obama pronounces it with a hard g.
>>53651468
GIF is an acronym, and the word which G stands for is a hard G, therefore the acronym is pronounced with a hard G. If the creator had the slightest bit of understanding of the English language he would know that.
Go and get yourself an education if you don't know how hard and soft pronunciation works.
>>53651410
Yes, because they have a vowel after them, just like GIF.
>>53651602
Refer to
>>53651601
>>53651518
>jee eye eff.
I remember launching GIF Construction Set Professional back in 2002 and the splash screen actually spelled GIF out like that.
>>53651601
>therefore the acronym is pronounced with a hard G
no
:^)
>>53651655
Congrats, you're autistic.
>>53651601
>>53651619
Acronyms are not words in and of themselves, they do not gain anything from the words they are composed of.
>>53651655
>>53651619
>>53651601
>"NASA" is pronounced "NOHSAH"
Anyone not pronouncing it "jif" needs to be gassed
>>53651429
I pronounce GNU as Gee En You.
>>53651687
>>53651655
>>53651619
>>53651601
>"laser" is pronounced "laah seh rr"
>>53651652
>Click on Shop On Line to register at our e-commerce page
>>53651601
>>53651619
>If the creator had the slightest bit of understanding
So, what about the creator of pic related? I guess only ornery knowitall faggots on /g/ have understanding and authority on pronouncing words they had no part in inventing.
>>53651719
Go up to someone and say "have you seen this jif" and they will laugh at you
>>53651755
Except they don't
The creator said it's "jif". Get fucked, autist
>>53651719
You mean "jassed"?
>>53651787
You say "giant" and not "guy-ant" or "gee-ant"
Faggot
>/g/ - TechnoloGHEEEEEE
>>53651185
>gif is not pronounced "gif"
good call guys, i'm glad you really thought this out
>>53651352
This is the same disgusting logic that enabled literally to become a synonym of figuratively.
>I must pronounce an acronym based on how you say the first syllables
>>53651815
You mean "fajjot"?
>>53651861
>effectively proving my argument that "g" has different pronunciations
Lel
I have neither the time nor the patience to explain why op is wrong, its gif, not jif. Its like saying we should pronounce galaxy as jahlaxie. End of discussion
>>53651861
No, I get plenty of vajina, thanks.
>now I see why they like it hard
>>53651825
Words shift in meaning over time and there's nothing you can do about it. Learned academies full of linguists have tried to stop it, in many different languages, and failed.
>>53651456
this is why jif shills should be chemically castrated
>>53651185
how about you jo fuck yourself?
also this juy is correct:
>>53651352
>it doesn't matter what the creator thinks, it matters what people say and understand.
>>53651825
lanjuage evolves. thats why we dont talk like people did in the 1300s
>>53651937
>>53651352
>just pretending bruh
>GIMP
Jimp
>GUI
Jew-ee
Two other Graphics acronyms that we pronounce with a J.
>>53651985
>>GIMP
>Jimp
>>GUI
>Jew-ee
literally nobody says this. are you on drugs?
>>53651983
not
>gust pretending
>>53651985
>Using the Graphical Interface Jew
>>53651985
its pronounced gimp (like from pulp fiction or /d/) and people say GUI as gee you eye
>>53652033
people say gooey you cuck.
>>53652033
>people say GUI as gee you eye
Do they?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU
>>53651752
you cant apply the same pronunciation to all words just because they use the same letters. for example xylophone starts with an x even though it makes a "z" sound doest mean the word "box" is pronounced "boz". go back to india
>>53652073
>>53652076
not where i live
>>53652102
>you cant apply the same pronunciation to all words just because they use the same letters
I'm not, you are. GIF is pronounced jif, deal with it.
>implying box doesn't have the z sound (bockz)
>>53651352
>>53651971
>>53651352
>it matters what people say and understand
And people say 'jif' and I understand.
Autism
>>53651752
gore, gay, god, good, game, gum, goal, grip, gate, guard, girl, gill, gay, god, give, glad, gift, gaze, germ, goof, golf, greek, gore, gay, god
most words starting with a g make a g sound. nice cherry picking faggot
>>53652233
>most
too bad gif isn't one of them
>>53652219
>people say 'jif'
>>53652233
THE NIGGA ACTUALLY INCLUDED GERM
madman
>>53652249
then why do people say gif?
>>53652256
Yeah, like this guy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wilhite
>>53651185
>>53651468
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>>53651655
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>>53651752
>>53651775
>>53651825
>>53651985
>>53652219
>>53652249
>>53652299
you must have brain damage.
>>53651985
Most people I know pronounce GUI as gooey
>>53651185
(juaranteed replies)
>Graphics Interchange Format
>hard G
>Gee Eye EFF
>soft G
>>53652483
The letters of an acronym when said as a word don't necessarily have to be enunciated in the same way they are in the word they are started with, as has already been demonstarted. GIF as jif just sounds smoother, more familiar. For example, if you started an organization called the Wrinkled Anus Cock Knockers for Aging Geriatrics, you would more likely be refered to as WACKFAG, not RACKFAG.
>>53651185
Friendly reminder: People care about the dumbest shit.
>>53652483
Seriously, how do people come up with this blatantly incorrect bullshit every goddamn time this comes up? There are so many counterexamples of this that it's laughable that anyone with any intelligence at all could say this.
I pronounce it how my own language pronounces it, GIF.
If you don't like it, suck my cock and maybe that'll incentivize me to change my pronunciation.
>>53652894
oops, meant you would more likely be refered to as WACKFAG, not RACNFAG
>>53651185
Well today I learned something new. Thanks senpai. Goodnight.
GUI is pronounced "gee you eye", so just because the G in graphics is a hard G, doesn't mean gif has to be.
>>53651185 (OP)
>>53651468
>>53651619
>>53651655
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>>53651752
>>53651775
>>53651825
>>53651985
>>53652219
>>53652249
>>53652299
Hey, fucking retards. "Graphics" is pronounced with a hard G, and GIF is an acronym for Graphics Interchange Format.
>>53653352
The difference is GUI is repeating the acronym, while with GIF you say it as a word.
Are you actually disabled by any means mentally?
>>53653463
Doesn't change the fact that you can't have double standards when arguing about pronouncing a hard g
>>53651518
>American soldiers are literal faggots
This is why you morons can't win versus dirt poor farmers
>>53653418
>gee eye eff
>>53653418
why aint jpeg pronounced as jayfeg then, huh?
>>53651752
You're still not getting it your ignorant fuckwad.
>>53651687
this. or TASER is pronounced thaser. what it stands for is irrelevant
>>53652002
that's the point, dumbass. These acronyms start with the word graphics, and are pronounced with a hard G.
GIF should be exactly the same.
>>53651429
https://www.gnu.org/gnu/pronunciation
Plz don't, you'll upset stallman
>>53651602
jet fucked
>>53651352
I live in an area called Yosemite.
Everyone here pronounces it "Yo - Seh - might".
You are correct.
Say it like "jiff" you fucking retards. I started hearing people pronounce it like "GIFt" sometime in the late 90's. Mostly "gifted" IT workers from the short bus. Still kinda pisses me off when they want to argue about it. I probably should just let it go.
>everyone getting anally devastated over a pronunciation
it's like a dime a dozen of you faggots start this shitstorm of a thread
>>53651248
because you say jFeg for Joint Photographic Experts Group?
The creator should get to decide and he says it's a soft g so there ya go.
>>53653544
because theres no fucking F in the acronym, retard
>>53651375
garage. Garage is all i have to say for you.
>Name file format gif
>Everybody naturally will pronounce it gif
>muh its jif
are they stupid or something?
>>53651352
Guess that settles some fuckhead from Chicago deems it so also so much of science doesn't exist because it matters what the people understand.
It's jif.
>>53653760
he's talking about the "ph" sound in "joint photographic experts group"
it's pronounced "jit" not "git"
>>53651248
>>53653742
This. Acronyms don't necessarily reflect the pronunciation of their constituent words
>>53653742
no you don't say jfeg because p on it's own doesn't make an f sound
>>53651741
I miss the StarTAC
>>53651185
I guess this must be jit then. Brought to you by the creator of lienucks.
>This thread
>>53653852
So you pronounce Scuba as "scuh-bah" right?
Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
Unless you say "oonderwater"
>>53653925
brits say oonderwater
>>53653925
That's actually a good point.
>>53651185
Giraffe-ic
>>53653871
I guess I’ll let my linguist self go free here:
Both pronunciations are technically correct.
On one hand, we have people pronouncing the word “gif” with a soft “g”, i.e. “jif”. Those people are pronouncing this word as they were told it is pronounced, and they use the argument of authority to justify their pronunciation.
Or the other hand, there is the argument of the logical pronunciation, according to the reading rules of the language people are speaking. Depending on their country and your mothertongue, they will however tend to pronounce this word in different ways:
“gif” with a hard “g” in English-speaking countries, “jif” (without the “d” sound) in French-speaking countries,…
This is normal and totally natural, and there are high chances that one day it will be the standard pronunciation.
Both arguments are equals, and only time will make one side correct and the other deprecated.
For those who speak French here, I recommend you to go watch Linguisticae’s video on this matter, it’s basically what I’ve said, but better explained.
>>53654580
It was pronounced soft 'g' from the beginning. Newcomers pronounce it wrong. Whatever...
>>53654468
checkmate
>everyone at uni says "G-N-U"
>I say "guh-new"
>>53654921
Good pronounciation anon.
>>53651185
it's pronounced like gift except without the t. if it were jif it would spelled jif not gif.
even if it is pronounced "jif" i refuse to pronounce it that way.
>>53654034
No they don't. They don't actually stretch out the oo as much as it is in "Scuba"
>>53653586
>"so It still is and always will be GNU no matter how many people call it Linux by mistake"
so am I never supposed to use the word Linux?
>>53655051
I guess just when referring to the kernel in isolation?
>>53654580
>Those people are pronouncing this word as they were told it is pronounced
I can assure you that I was never "told" how to pronounce GIF, nor can I recall even hearing anyone ever saying it, up until recently. I simply saw the word and read it as 'jif'. And now that I know that that is the proper way to pronounce it, I will continure to do so.
>>53654955
Just keep eating your egg whites.. you can say it however you like... even if it really is soft 'g'
>>53654195
Of course it is. The underlying point is that acronyms do not *have* to reflect the pronunciation of the words that are in them. Scuba is only one example, there are more.
>>53655064
Same. I just naturally pronounced it that way, didn't even know it was the correct at the time. Still got ridiculed for it
>>53654955
>if it were jif it would spelled jif not gif
>Doesn't even know what the fuck compuserve was
Jet the fuck off of /j/, you jod-damn gews
>>53651185
I dont get why devs and creators name their shit something that they pronounce differently than what it should be.
like imgur, EM-GRR, is supposed to be pronounced IMAGE-GRR.
I'm going to pronounce it em-grr, and gif, because fuck you.
>>53656127
>like imgur, EM-GRR, is supposed to be pronounced IMAGE-GRR
It's actually IMAGE err
>>53651185
Why don't you get a jift for your boyfriend/jirlfriend and fuck off with your dying jallbladder. You don't have the juts to tell me how to pronounce shit.
Fact 1: Gif is only one letter off of "gift", the closest example of a pronouncable normal word. You can't have a better similarity without making the change of at least one letter, so ones with one letter change are closest. People can use "gift" as an obvious example on how to pronounce it, they only have to stop before the last letter and it's done.
Fact 2: The first letter in the acronym "gif" stands for a word which is pronounced with a hard G.
>>53656127
>em-grr
>not imager
>>53656175
I pronounce it "IhM GUR"
>>53656239
I pronounce it "Hi! I'm a girl!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LRllx9RVDs
gif sounds better than jif
>fuk da poliz
>>53651185
>jif
is like you want to be labeled as a degenerate furry.
>>53654701
if you pronounced it from the start with a soft “g”, that means your readings standards differ from whom you call “newcomers”. If English is your mothertongue, then you must have interpreted it at first as a word derived from a French root such as in “giraffe” instead of an English root such as in “gift”
But other people, for other reason, might as well consider this word to be read as a word from an English root. These are two different interpretations that are equally true
>>53655064
>I can assure you that I was never "told" how to pronounce GIF
I’m talking here about the fact that the creator of the format says it is said with a soft “g” instead of a hard one is considered as a way of being told how it is pronounced. Maybe you were pronouncing “gif” as “jif” from the beginning, as the anon I quoted above and>>53655096, and the fact that the creator of the GIF stated that it is pronounced “jif” comforted you in this idea.
Once again, I am not saying that saying “jif” or “gif” with either a hard or a soft g is wrong or not, only the years will be able to tell, there are simply different factors that make some people pronounce it one way and others the other way.
>>53651601
You don't say acronyms like words.
>cucks who pronounce gif with a hard G trying this fucking hard to justify their bullshit
fucking lmao
>2016
>still jif not jebm
What is this?!
>>53651985
>Jew-ee
>>53651185
>tfw, it's pronounced "jizz", not geographic information system
no?!
>>53653604
In Arkansas you get fucked and fined for pronouncing it ar-kansas, and not arkensaw
>>53652357
Stop knowing those people and surround yourself with better friends.
It comes down to this:
If you are stupid enough to not be able to look up proper pronunciations of things and use those (and not use "alternative" pronunciations that are basically wrong but documented because stupid people say stupid things), fuck off.
Reminder that if you pronounce it with a hard g because "graphics" starts with a hard g, then you must also pronounce jpeg "jfeg".
>>53651602
What about gift?
The GIF pronunciation debate has got to be the most autistic debate ever, holy fuck. Literally no one just accepts the fact the creators pronounce it with a soft g. Fuck linguistics rules or whatever, English changes so much, if you define something, you get the right to say how it's pronounced.
>>53657030
This
>>53651602
>gift garage garish gay goober Gary gall guy gore gala gain goo gill goggle gynecology git gusto
>>53657163
That's not true.
The people that created the word SALMON intended it to be said "sal - mon", but it doesn't matter what the correct way is said, only what the group of people around you says.
>almost everyone on the god damn planet says "sahh mon"
>>53651352
Reminded me there is a shopping center in my town and everyone calls it "septic" because it's made of concrete and it's full of shit. Nobody even remembers the original name anymore.
I'm a CS first semester teacher, I should actually add this to one of my exams and start giving a slightly lower score for people who call it "JIF"
It's called GIF and NOTHING, I repeat, NOTHING you say will convince me or the majority of people on the planet otherwise.
>>53651185
it's actually Gjiff you fucking retards
guh-jiff
>>>/gif/
I pronounce it with a hard D
OP is a fajjot.
Only jif faggots argue about the pronunciation of gif
They have to spell it wrong to get their point across
They're stupid
>>53657359
Except the guy that wrote it of course, which says "JIFF".
>>53651185
Jif sounds like yif. If i hear anyone saying either one of those i take them as an furry fucker fags.
>>53651601
>>53651352
>>53651185
I'd just like to interject for moment. What you're refering to as [ɡJf], is in fact, [ʤJf], or as I've recently taken to calling it, [ʤJfi]. [ɡJf] is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning [ʤ] system made useful by the [Jf] corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full acronym as defined by the developer.
GIF should be pronounced with a hard G because it stands for "graphic."
Likewise, ROM should be pronounced like the Roman city, because the O stands for "only."
>>53657790
Fucking fuck..
*Italian* city
>>53651185
I can't wait for jifs to be deprecated so we can argue about webbums and dubya ee bee ems
>>53658010
web-em, fajjot.
>>53657692
>>53657802
To be fair, Rome was a Roman city.
>>53657690
Well I'm gonna make a new abbreviation, it stands for FAG
I'm gonna say it's pronounced OP though
The difference is that neither me nor the creator of the image format get to decide how the english language works.
It's "gif", not "jif", end of story.
I don't give a straight fuck, I'm pronouncing it with a hard G.
The creator of GIF can suck a bucket of fucks regardless because WEBM is better in every way.
>>53651185
What kind of an autismal fuck would show this ""fact"" at a party?
the people are having fun there and some fucking faggot tells you how to pronounce an image format
autistics should be hanged
>>53651248
>imgur
imager
>giraffe
jiraffe
>you're an idiot
>>53658183
rude desu
>americans pronounce "jalapeno" like "hall-appen-yoo"
fucking retards
>>53651619
>PHP
PHP hypertext processor
HOW CAN AN ACRONYM STAND FOR ITSELF IF IT USES QUALITIES OF ITSELF WITHIN ITSELF?
derp
>>53655042
Skouewba?
I take it you also pronounce git jit?
Animated GIF
/thread
>caring what it stands for
No one gives a shit, we all say it gif because we can and that's how it's gonna be now. No need to justify it.
>>53658221
>peetza giffs!
>>53658227
That's not the way the majority of people pronounce that word though, you retard.
>>53651185
>having to spell it differently to get people to say it "correctly"
>>53651185
OP's picture is incorrect. OP is so wrong that it redefines wrong.
Do you prounce "Graphics" as "Jraffics?" No, unless you are retarded and with a speech impediment. Since the g in gif means graphics, you pronounce gif as gif, as in gus, graphics, gold. Right. Now this thread is over.
>the only way to give the pronunciation is by misspelling the word
>>53651185
It's whatever people choose to call it.
>>53651375
What about gil (a unit of measure), git (an ignorant/childish person), gib (part of a fish jaw, gid (cattle disease), gift, gig, or girl? They all use a hard g
You guys are fucking idiots.
